Friday, July 29, 2011

"the politically correct need not apply." really?

much to the hew and cry of all the trolls, stump-thumpers, prognosticators, and end-is-nighers, games workshop has released it's annual report. you can find it at their investor site here.

it's an interesting read, especially the following:
  • mark wells (the gw ceo) mentions that in finding the right employees: "the politically correct need not apply" (i envision plenty of serious human resources conversations coming from this one).
  • the enormous amount of spin put on the release of citadel finecast (or as some call it: fineco$t)
  • tom kirby (the gw chairman) gives himself a 20% pay rise (don't deny, you'd do it too if you could)
for a clearer and more in depth look at the report from someone who knows how to read the damn things, jump over to dukes inferno and read his translation.
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2 comments:

  1. JeffAugust 7, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Go GW.

    It seems like the big names are falling. The WoTC stuff at Gen Con was a joke. Their booth had virtually no product, I didn't even realize it was WoTC until someone told me. I went to one of their events to demo the new D&D board game and it turned out the event people were under orders to not teach us how to play. They could answer questions, but not teach us how to play.

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  2. CliffAugust 11, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    yeah, that is pretty bizarre. one of the easiest ways to increase excitement about a new release is to demo the everlovin' hell outta it.

    i'm very interested to see what happens with gw and wotc over the next 12 to 18 months.

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